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@@ -1,28 +1,4 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of Cranford, by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Cranford - -Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - -Release Date: December 7, 1995 [eBook #394] -[Most recently updated: October 29, 2022] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: David Price, Margaret Price and Richard Tonsing - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CRANFORD *** - +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 394 *** @@ -85,7 +61,7 @@ She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!” Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March? -I made us of the time to think of many other things +I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!” The temptation of the comfortable arm-chair had been too much for her Mr Mulliner @@ -473,7 +449,7 @@ voice, which I think Miss Jenkyns could not have heard. “Dr Johnson’s style is a model for young beginners. My father recommended it to me when I began to write letters—I have formed my own -style upon it; I recommended it to your favourite.” +style upon it; I recommend it to your favourite.” “I should be very sorry for him to exchange his style for any such pompous writing,” said Captain Brown. @@ -489,7 +465,7 @@ remark by saying, with marked emphasis on every syllable, “I prefer Dr Johnson to Mr Boz.” It is said—I won’t vouch for the fact—that Captain Brown was heard to -say, _sotto voce_, “D-n Dr Johnson!” If he did, he was penitent +say, _sotto voce_, “D—n Dr Johnson!” If he did, he was penitent afterwards, as he showed by going to stand near Miss Jenkyns’ arm-chair, and endeavouring to beguile her into conversation on some more pleasing subject. But she was inexorable. The next day she made the remark I @@ -582,7 +558,7 @@ had said, as Deborah thought differently, and _she_ knew, or else putting in a postscript to the effect that, since writing the above, she had been talking over the subject with Deborah, and was quite convinced that, etc.—(here probably followed a recantation of every opinion she -had given in the letter). Then came Miss Jenkyns—Deborah, as she liked +had given in the letter). Then came Miss Jenkyns—Debōrah, as she liked Miss Matty to call her, her father having once said that the Hebrew name ought to be so pronounced. I secretly think she took the Hebrew prophetess for a model in character; and, indeed, she was not unlike the @@ -2050,7 +2026,7 @@ Matty did regret to burn. She said all the others had been only interesting to those who loved the writers, and that it seemed as if it would have hurt her to allow them to fall into the hands of strangers, who had not known her dear mother, and how good she was, although she -did not always spell, quite in the modern fashion; but Deborah’s letters +did not always spell quite in the modern fashion; but Deborah’s letters were so very superior! Any one might profit by reading them. It was a long time since she had read Mrs Chapone, but she knew she used to think that Deborah could have said the same things quite as well; and as for @@ -2696,7 +2672,7 @@ me, I do not forget the situation my father held under yours.” “And Mrs Forrester. I thought, in fact, of going to her before I went to Miss Pole. Although her circumstances are changed, madam, she was -born at Tyrrell, and we can never forget her alliance to the Bigges, of +born a Tyrrell, and we can never forget her alliance to the Bigges, of Bigelow Hall.” Miss Matty cared much more for the little circumstance of her being a @@ -2963,7 +2939,7 @@ houses. We felt very pleasantly excited on the present occasion. Not long after this the maids and the lanterns were announced. Mrs Jamieson had the sedan-chair, which had squeezed itself into Miss Barker’s narrow lobby with some difficulty, and most literally “stopped -the way.” It required some skilful manoeuvring on the part of the old +the way.” It required some skilful manœuvring on the part of the old chairmen (shoemakers by day, but when summoned to carry the sedan dressed up in a strange old livery—long great-coats, with small capes, coeval with the sedan, and similar to the dress of the class in @@ -3400,7 +3376,7 @@ tacked it together (and the beauty of this fine lace is that, when it is wet, it goes into a very little space), and put it to soak in milk, when, unfortunately, I left the room; on my return, I found pussy on the table, looking very like a thief, but gulping very uncomfortably, as if -she was half-chocked with something she wanted to swallow and could not. +she was half-choked with something she wanted to swallow and could not. And, would you believe it? At first I pitied her, and said ‘Poor pussy! poor pussy!’ till, all at once, I looked and saw the cup of milk empty—cleaned out! ‘You naughty cat!’ said I, and I believe I was @@ -4451,7 +4427,7 @@ roll under her bed—with gay-coloured worsted in rainbow stripes. Although her father is a conjuror, she looks as if she had never had a good game of play in her life. I used to make very pretty balls in this way when I was a girl, and I thought I would try if I could not make -this one smart and take it to Phoebe this afternoon. I think ‘the gang’ +this one smart and take it to Phœbe this afternoon. I think ‘the gang’ must have left the neighbourhood, for one does not hear any more of their violence and robbery now.” @@ -4554,7 +4530,7 @@ think I ever dream of any words or sound she makes; she is very noiseless and still, but she comes to me when she is very sorry or very glad, and I have wakened with the clasp of her dear little arms round my neck. Only last night—perhaps because I had gone to sleep thinking of -this ball for Phoebe—my little darling came in my dream, and put up her +this ball for Phœbe—my little darling came in my dream, and put up her mouth to be kissed, just as I have seen real babies do to real mothers before going to bed. But all this is nonsense, dear! only don’t be frightened by Miss Pole from being married. I can fancy it may be a @@ -4569,7 +4545,7 @@ been Miss Pole to do it; it would have been the lot of poor Signor Brunoni and his wife. And yet again, it was an encouragement to see how, through all their cares and sorrows, they thought of each other and not of themselves; and how keen were their joys, if they only passed -through each other, or through the little Phoebe. +through each other, or through the little Phœbe. The signora told me, one day, a good deal about their lives up to this period. It began by my asking her whether Miss Pole’s story of the @@ -4605,7 +4581,7 @@ children died off, like little buds nipped untimely, in that cruel India. I thought, as each died, I never could—I never would—love a child again; and when the next came, it had not only its own love, but the deeper love that came from the thoughts of its little dead brothers -and sisters. And when Phoebe was coming, I said to my husband, ‘Sam, +and sisters. And when Phœbe was coming, I said to my husband, ‘Sam, when the child is born, and I am strong, I shall leave you; it will cut my heart cruel; but if this baby dies too, I shall go mad; the madness is in me now; but if you let me go down to Calcutta, carrying my baby @@ -4613,7 +4589,7 @@ step by step, it will, maybe, work itself off; and I will save, and I will hoard, and I will beg—and I will die, to get a passage home to England, where our baby may live?’ God bless him! he said I might go; and he saved up his pay, and I saved every pice I could get for washing -or any way; and when Phoebe came, and I grew strong again, I set off. +or any way; and when Phœbe came, and I grew strong again, I set off. It was very lonely; through the thick forests, dark again with their heavy trees—along by the river’s side (but I had been brought up near the Avon in Warwickshire, so that flowing noise sounded like home)—from @@ -4666,7 +4642,7 @@ made up together. And Thomas is a good brother, only he has not the fine carriage of my husband, so that I can’t think how he can be taken for Signor Brunoni himself, as he says he is.” -“Poor little Phoebe!” said I, my thoughts going back to the baby she +“Poor little Phœbe!” said I, my thoughts going back to the baby she carried all those hundred miles. “Ah! you may say so! I never thought I should have reared her, though, @@ -4676,7 +4652,7 @@ took us in, which I believe was the very saving of her.” “Jenkyns!” said I. “Yes, Jenkyns. I shall think all people of that name are kind; for here -is that nice old lady who comes every day to take Phoebe a walk!” +is that nice old lady who comes every day to take Phœbe a walk!” But an idea had flashed through my head; could the Aga Jenkyns be the lost Peter? True he was reported by many to be dead. But, equally @@ -4743,7 +4719,7 @@ teach how they should be spelt. The only fact I gained from this conversation was that certainly Peter had last been heard of in India, “or that neighbourhood”; and that this scanty intelligence of his whereabouts had reached Cranford in the year -when Miss Pole had brought her Indian muslin gown, long since worn out +when Miss Pole had bought her Indian muslin gown, long since worn out (we washed it and mended it, and traced its decline and fall into a window-blind before we could go on); and in a year when Wombwell came to Cranford, because Miss Matty had wanted to see an elephant in order that @@ -5072,18 +5048,19 @@ years.” It was a very uncomfortable subject to me, with my half-knowledge; so I thought I would change the conversation, and I asked at what time she -thought we had better go and see the fashions. “Well, my dear,” she +thought we had better go and see the fashions. “Well, my dear,” she said, “the thing is this: it is not etiquette to go till after twelve; but then, you see, all Cranford will be there, and one does not like to be too curious about dress and trimmings and caps with all the world -looking on. It is never genteel to be over-curious on these occasions. +looking on. It is never genteel to be over-curious on these occasions. Deborah had the knack of always looking as if the latest fashion was -nothing new to her; a manner she had caught from Lady Arley, who did see -all the new modes in London, you know. So I thought we would just slip -down—for I do want this morning, soon after breakfast half-a-pound of -tea—and then we could go up and examine the things at our leisure, and -see exactly how my new silk gown must be made; and then, after twelve, -we could go with our minds disengaged, and free from thoughts of dress.” +nothing new to her; a manner she had caught from Lady Arley, who did +see all the new modes in London, you know. So I thought we would just +slip down this morning, soon after breakfast—for I do want half-a-pound +of tea—and then we could go up and examine the things at our leisure, +and see exactly how my new silk gown must be made; and then, after +twelve, we could go with our minds disengaged, and free from thoughts +of dress.” We began to talk of Miss Matty’s new silk gown. I discovered that it would be really the first time in her life that she had had to choose @@ -5133,7 +5110,7 @@ smiled and sighed over each fresh bale that was brought out; one colour set off another, and the heap together would, as she said, make even the rainbow look poor. -“I am afraid,” said she, hesitating, “Whichever I choose I shall wish I +“I am afraid,” said she, hesitating, “whichever I choose I shall wish I had taken another. Look at this lovely crimson! it would be so warm in winter. But spring is coming on, you know. I wish I could have a gown for every season,” said she, dropping her voice—as we all did in @@ -5311,7 +5288,7 @@ said—my own dear Miss Matty—without a shade of reproach in her voice— and it’s often hard enough work for me to settle what I ought to do with the case right before me. I was very thankful to—I was very thankful, that I saw my duty this morning, with the poor man standing by me; but -its rather a strain upon me to keep thinking and thinking what I should +it’s rather a strain upon me to keep thinking and thinking what I should do if such and such a thing happened; and, I believe, I had rather wait and see what really does come; and I don’t doubt I shall be helped then if I don’t fidget myself, and get too anxious beforehand. You know, @@ -5397,40 +5374,40 @@ FRIENDS IN NEED IT was an example to me, and I fancy it might be to many others, to see -how immediately Miss Matty set about the retrenchment which she knew to -be right under her altered circumstances. While she went down to speak -to Martha, and break the intelligence to her, I stole out with my letter -to the Aga Jenkyns, and went to the signor’s lodgings to obtain the -exact address. I bound the signora to secrecy; and indeed her military -manners had a degree of shortness and reserve in them which made her -always say as little as possible, except when under the pressure of -strong excitement. Moreover (which made my secret doubly sure), the -signor was now so far recovered as to be looking forward to travelling -and conjuring again in the space of a few days, when he, his wife, and -little Phoebe would leave Cranford. Indeed, I found him looking over a -great black and red placard, in which the Signor Brunoni’s -accomplishments were set forth, and to which only the name of the town -where he would next display them was wanting. He and his wife were so -much absorbed in deciding where the red letters would come in with most -effect (it might have been the Rubric for that matter), that it was some -time before I could get my question asked privately, and not before I -had given several decisions, the which I questioned afterwards with -equal wisdom of sincerity as soon as the signor threw in his doubts and -reasons on the important subject. At last I got the address, spelt by -sound, and very queer it looked. I dropped it in the post on my way -home, and then for a minute I stood looking at the wooden pane with a -gaping slit which divided me from the letter but a moment ago in my -hand. It was gone from me like life, never to be recalled. It would -get tossed about on the sea, and stained with sea-waves perhaps, and be -carried among palm-trees, and scented with all tropical fragrance; the -little piece of paper, but an hour ago so familiar and commonplace, had -set out on its race to the strange wild countries beyond the Ganges! -But I could not afford to lose much time on this speculation. I -hastened home, that Miss Matty might not miss me. Martha opened the door -to me, her face swollen with crying. As soon as she saw me she burst -out afresh, and taking hold of my arm she pulled me in, and banged the -door to, in order to ask me if indeed it was all true that Miss Matty -had been saying. +how immediately Miss Matty set about the retrenchment which she knew +to be right under her altered circumstances. While she went down to +speak to Martha, and break the intelligence to her, I stole out with +my letter to the Aga Jenkyns, and went to the signor’s lodgings to +obtain the exact address. I bound the signora to secrecy; and indeed +her military manners had a degree of shortness and reserve in them +which made her always say as little as possible, except when under the +pressure of strong excitement. Moreover (which made my secret doubly +sure), the signor was now so far recovered as to be looking forward +to travelling and conjuring again in the space of a few days, when +he, his wife, and little Phœbe would leave Cranford. Indeed, I found +him looking over a great black and red placard, in which the Signor +Brunoni’s accomplishments were set forth, and to which only the name +of the town where he would next display them was wanting. He and his +wife were so much absorbed in deciding where the red letters would come +in with most effect (it might have been the Rubric for that matter), +that it was some time before I could get my question asked privately, +and not before I had given several decisions, the wisdom of which I +questioned afterwards with equal sincerity as soon as the signor threw +in his doubts and reasons on the important subject. At last I got +the address, spelt by sound, and very queer it looked. I dropped it +in the post on my way home, and then for a minute I stood looking at +the wooden pane with a gaping slit which divided me from the letter +but a moment ago in my hand. It was gone from me like life, never to +be recalled. It would get tossed about on the sea, and stained with +sea-waves perhaps, and be carried among palm-trees, and scented with +all tropical fragrance; the little piece of paper, but an hour ago so +familiar and commonplace, had set out on its race to the strange wild +countries beyond the Ganges! But I could not afford to lose much time +on this speculation. I hastened home, that Miss Matty might not miss +me. Martha opened the door to me, her face swollen with crying. As +soon as she saw me she burst out afresh, and taking hold of my arm she +pulled me in, and banged the door to, in order to ask me if indeed it +was all true that Miss Matty had been saying. “I’ll never leave her! No; I won’t. I telled her so, and said I could not think how she could find in her heart to give me warning. I could @@ -5784,7 +5761,7 @@ morning is that, believing you are the daughter—that your father is, in fact, her confidential adviser, in all pecuniary matters, we imagined that, by consulting with him, you might devise some mode in which our contribution could be made to appear the legal due which Miss Matilda -Jenkyns ought to receive from— Probably your father, knowing her +Jenkyns ought to receive from—— Probably your father, knowing her investments, can fill up the blank.” Miss Pole concluded her address, and looked round for approval and @@ -6267,7 +6244,7 @@ good graces, because of the former intimacy. But Mrs Jamieson considered their very happiness an insult to the Glenmire family, to which she had still the honour to belong, and she doggedly refused and rejected every advance. Mr Mulliner, like a faithful clansman, espoused -his mistress’ side with ardour. If he saw either Mr or Mrs Hoggins, he +his mistress’s side with ardour. If he saw either Mr or Mrs Hoggins, he would cross the street, and appear absorbed in the contemplation of life in general, and his own path in particular, until he had passed them by. Miss Pole used to amuse herself with wondering what in the world Mrs @@ -6719,353 +6696,4 @@ somehow think we are all of us better when she is near us. EDINBURGH - - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CRANFORD *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part -of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project -Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm -concept and trademark. 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